aspirin

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    Aspirin and macular degeneration

    I noted several reports today in the popular press of an association between self-reported regular aspirin use and neovascular macular degeneration. The report seems to contradict other work that has not found any association, and appears to be flawed in several other ways. However, it enters...
  2. MatildaGage

    Health Food Store Follies

    Went to the health food store today. I like many of their products--not the untested herbs, mind you--just the cosmetics, clothing, and food. But the odd people...and the woo...! So anyhoo....I pass next to this woman who is literally bent over in pain, just as she's saying, "So it's just...
  3. Ivor the Engineer

    Anti-Cancer Wonder Drug

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11930988 I wonder how much Merck or GSK would charge for a patentable drug with the same efficacy?:D Does this open up any new lines of research into the causes of cancer?
  4. Bodhi Dharma Zen

    aspirin and flu... dangerous??

    Fellow skeptics, someone posted this on facebook, she normally gives good links.. but I dont know about this, I confess I'm ignorant so I leave it for you: http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs001/1101240076659/archive/1102758254596.html btw, regarding the flu (h1h1 previously swine)... how...
  5. S

    Alka Seltzer

    Has anyone ever stopped to look at the ingredients and their amounts on regular and extra stremgth Alka Seltzer tablets? I suggest anyone with hypertension, kidney problems, diabetes, or heart disease at risk of CHF, etc. do so. The only warning on this drug is about Reyes Syndrome. Should...

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